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House Calendar No. 77 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 429 

[Report No. 113–283] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) to amend title 35, United 

States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes; and providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity 

fund advisers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2013 

Mr. NUGENT, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) to amend 

title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical 

corrections, and for other purposes; and providing for 

consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration 

exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other 

purposes. 

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1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 3309) to amend title 35, United 

6 States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

7 to make improvements and technical corrections, and for 

8 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis9 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

10 the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 

11 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

12 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

13 the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the 

14 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five15 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

16 a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judi17 ciary now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider 

18 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

19 the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 

21 113-28. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 

22 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

23 that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 

24 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub25 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part A 

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1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

2 this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only 

3 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 

4 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

5 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

6 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

7 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

8 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

9 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

10 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con11 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

12 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

13 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

14 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend15 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

16 or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 

17 in order as original text. The previous question shall be 

18 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

19 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

20 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

21 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

22 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1105) 

23 to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide 

24 a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, 

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1 eration of the bill are waived. An amendment in the nature 

2 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

3 Print 113-29 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 

4 amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 

5 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The 

6 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

7 bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, 

8 to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one 

9 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 

10 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Finan11 cial Services; (2) the further amendment printed in part 

12 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

13 this resolution, if offered by Representative Carolyn Malo14 ney of New York or her designee, which shall be in order 

15 without intervention of any point of order, shall be consid16 ered as read, shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes 

17 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

18 opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi19 sion of the question; and (3) one motion to recommit with 

20 or without instructions. 

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House Calendar No. 77 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 429 

[Report No. 113–283] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) 

other purposes. emption for private equity fund advisers, and for Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exof the bill (H.R. 1105) to amend the Investment other purposes; and providing for consideration provements and technical corrections, and for Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make imto amend title 35, United States Code, and the 

DECEMBER 3, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

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